Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

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OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AlJ5llN oplaloaNo. o-ss46 %ibot1oa 1.ass1arq of tm couay ovprr lntordius. “30llroti~r ~uQ4rlatrnB8n*r8hall county r400190 fro8 t&o &olloble 34hool ha8 of tholr rupUtit0 8OUUt%O8 UUiUd -108 bowb On tho 80hola8tio poQUhtiOn of 4UOh 8OWktiU Uiti1OU8l Popul8tloa luauat 3,ow or lou S,ool ta 4,ooo 4,001 to s,ooo i.2; z ;,gg 7:001 to s:ooo 8,001 to 9,000 9,001 to l&,000 l&,001 to 15,000 lb.001 to XI,000 $8g g $8Og$ 80:001 &a4 o:.r lwldo a , h o lm1fA .? eo ua ti08 Inr iB B o@ r e th a cah l.r %hp u flir a d(o8550 uh )e lutlo a a8 lo80 thW 0-r thou (5,061) 8&aB- urd doLI, t16a uboro a0 rupwvlror ir o@oywa aad *on thO~otrl.O~~OtO?ottiOO~iOkat8do*r~t ueud t&htwa aunand Bollan t$l8QO) 9or aam* th@uluyorthrmuatys rlat.aAatmyb ut a t l 8un A08 to uo nd %x9 l T h o uun4 Do lla n (88 000) QO~ - by wtlon M tha Oounw Borrd Ot 4Ntw8. *IA aakw thr annual bu&ot for County AQaini8tP6tiOn WU@l t&O ~UAt~6Oh~ -0 tOC!8@talldrO 2. louan out of tbr 6t8to mall- ablr Goho Pun4 for ralrrrcad ox9oan8 of the OrriOe Of the cOUAty&pUiAtMd@At USI!tb@ 8U.8 shall be deterdnwl by tha moldutt eohol~8tlo popul8tlcaa oftlm oouat or tb 00ukty ntmrd or fo r o o ua ty lQllairtraUon orgmma with tho 5tata Dqartsreat of ITAuaatloo00 Qp kfOrr Goptaibu Itrat of eaob 8oholutlo ywr, tha budgmt to bo qproveU MA o*rtltieU 00 by tbo FmoiUent of the Oouaty Board of EUuoatlon ad 8t8ut.d to by 8ho county fhperinteulmt. The loqHarrtlon hrrela 9~1~1u8dfar rha k p8idm11m~up0~the -aor or the OnuAt sobool Tnwoa@~ provide4 that the 8aluy far t t; 0 moatb ot SopWeabor mhall not ba Q&dUAtllth8 ttOUIl$~ fkQOriZitOod~nt~l'U~t8~ m8dpt rm th0 sut0 supmtt6mfit 8h0ag 8hat ho has mardoall nparu required ti hIm. VU Wi5tOfldbllt, With th 0 lF XW~.W~f~nth’ %%I!lO % OA o b t& b W& tJtid 0s Sy eQlOy l OOS~teIitaBei8%Ud t0 th. hUnt; Sup o r lntb a uo at nt a Ala Aua al lu y so t to lx o ud mo nlou8Aad Llollu8 t~z,ooa~ aA46ay 4leo 1OY 8UQb Othbr a8sirtWltr a8 WOW@WJ pHWid.6 l t "g a g g r a ea te sr to unt0r th e 8a lulu o f a 1 0h o tb u u8a 1 r tui- a3m& l na t 8X0.06 ml70 Hir ndm6 a l- lara (Uao01 l uwlly: ua4 t&r County bbra ot aah furthor pmllsloM b6 it Aeeea8 iiduoatlonIllas iOr OfflOe&ld tHVblll& lloOe8lMry U9bn868 Of th0 Co&t SU9@$i~tendUit; 9WvidOA tb4t up~i- dlturor for off100 an4 traral.ln&eqmn~r of tM Or the 81~60 fUAu8 fZW6 WuOh t&O w d OX- ponue or tlm couuty aupwlatondul8 ato gas." the wguiatum, zn tne exual80 .or xte pa8r to provxab 6oqon- WtiOA Of pUbli0 Offing Urd -piOm8, adjwtthe~- 4~ t.6 b,S mid pmpOrtiOA t0 tb8 p@pUht Y 00 6r th0 UM 1~ whioh the oifioor 8.rleer upon the thrcry that it 18 reason- able ta pneme that the ofSiou*r di.tirr era ran&we4 aore OP 10.8 OMCOW in pH9WtiOll t0 t&. &WpUhtiOA, t&O Aot in 1t8 broad 889aOt .pp.ai-8 to bo Ol.Uly .On8tttUt%OW& lb. que8tion of oon.titutlon.lltyuhleh oo.lwe to u8 1. ree9e.t to the validity of tbr provleu, .I iA8t thb o o ntb a tio nth a tit is l lcoal o r lpeolil 18~ rem T tin6 the &Salts OS oountloe. Tt is to bs obosrvedthat the tiMt8lfi~ttOA &ado by tho protl8o in quwetloa 18 thmfol4; o(y laholaetlo populatioal swo, a9loym.t ti lup.rv1..n; L-.4, ulary mid . ..18tWIte. Bach oi the ooadltloae mot wnour in ardor t.ha%the proviso -7 apply. if OW &f.Ot8 .n lbitZ8q d18- oriminatlon, th mlntlr rproviso tlwt SJl. KIthi. thr thirty-fivehundred (SSOO~ to sight thcuUaod (50%) 8OhOh~ti.M bmiokot, tie o6uty supuintaad- ant of thhr county h a vl~lir thoundl five hudrsd (6%X)) SOhohStiO8 OBn b ia only hbnfy-mix ffun&.d Dollar8 (B&600) per amnun,rr he lur a supmieor or IT h. lpride mm then U&tern l!wlreA 3olL.r. (~:l$OOfper &mum for b86i~tMt.. CR tto other band, a supulntendant OS thr t&u thOUMI%l flv0 hundredfifty (SbW) 80&OlPStLO8 Oounty, If he ha. no sqervlsor MA Sad8 1.88 th.a Si@kto.n %imlr.d Doll.re (!.l%M) per annum for seaietust., MJ be parrid ‘3m.e ‘12cusaad Dollen (*r3OoC) par a~; otherdeo hle salary 1. Sixed 8t 'lb0'Zhoueaad i2ollare (W%bO) per umun. Xn other wcrAe, Of tn0 Oountls. within thO~pul6tion bwakote i1S.U by the provI.0, It MY dawtlo~tht the superintendentof l ocunty OS thrar thau..nd five hundred tltty (3550) ~..hOh.tiO8 noi 8or• auk ll& hthoud~8600) t eoru not ln ana Mast1tutr tk proTl80aa aa* ruMMbi. a1 tlon aalort th rouatlra dmo and bnlow tM bSWk*tr. xtiatob6 aut04tMt#uparlaknhnt8 It mat br bog& Rio al& t&at the tyialrtura h&8 l ri4. diaomtion in d68srrininig the uouat crt 00 utlon to be peld pub110 oSflaor8 and utplofa(r8. Ix- instant ritudlon the 88Lary to br WU lup uio t6ndM t8 OS 2ha oaat~sa uithln the brrrakrtrof tha pawi rll3 not, in any inteNant o? oountlea u&t pro- rid04 roj oowbtlra of b@tJQ true, wa think it in th* prevlao, lnom& Um raislag Oz 8uoh ularlw under tb6 airawi8ten88n allon M lncnero of uiLarl8r ulth ra0wt not than fBe rutu 8ahry gr0vidw.I f'or oamlaa ob luflr DA upea loa4ltiuskasuc haa thoao h e np r c wida d, atha, thue la Do lbltrexy or unreawxuble Of8orlmla~tlon laoolted in tbo ~oglrl8tlvrfalluf4 to prorid* riecilarf.nos8rr.supon tia iluooadltiona fo r lup6rintcn4ante of oountlsr o f lna r o r or greatat rohobrtta gapulatloa. It followa froa rhbat u, Saya said above tlirrt wo hold Bsotlon 1 of iauar tll: MO. 364 to be oQZUBtltUtiOti. Tour 8800~14queatloa ir whet&or, UAUWthe WO- vision6 oi the tit,,the first loa*Staut tc the ocurrtyaUWr- lntcndentmy be aid OG amual aalex- ln (1x0~81of IWO aousand 9011~4raY73SYP3)uid wihdthcra nocad assiatu3t nray , . Hononblo trnert Oulnn, Paw 6 T 80 OOBOLOUT 111th four oplni~a th6t ~OU,O Bill !io. 864 Qlroer UI rbwluta 1laitetionupon thr umult b emu fo rlla r iu OS6r r lr t.uk a 6 t6A. o tblaiP Y ~z x *.. lmr8r where th.arrolrtintr tv tb oounty augrtlntendent are requir.4 to wark orrrt1acl in tha 0fri06, urb to roturn to thr offi on &any oaomhnm, thsreb oooasio~ sold usiataatr inoreasod acru in trazworta. zIon, mey CSay br ro- lLburu6 seerrwh inflrsarod tFua~ortation eoatr out OS the El&t BunemU Dollwr ($3001 proridaa in Hauw Blll HO. 354 for tntelbg rrpsnrrr; xt UeLa that v'h6tIt 1s 60s1nd to do harm I6 to retiburae lrirtantr fo rthr rxprare15 *hloD. they lnour the in ooaing iram their hocxm to tLI OrMar to do overtbaa wrk, aad t*turnlag to their home thereafter. :t we are oorreot in thir uulerskndin& yarrore aQriu4 that suoh tran&porta- tldn oxpenara am xcayte incurred by th6 lwdlatenta ln ood8g Tra; their pl&orr of rer:denf$a to tin otrios to do thdr wrk 1s sot a prop,& itat of “travellag ~a~emas”, ctnd the arolrt- ants owinot bb retkbursrd thmefor fraz the travellnf, dx@DIm tonoy ~rov1Q.dby kum Bill.No. 384.